Chapter Summaries

Jiang Cheng broke the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s illusion and temporarily suppressed its control over Xiao Chen. The flame then sealed the gathered Experts inside its domain and began refining them into Fire Slaves.

• Jiang Cheng used his Folding Fan to shatter the illusion created by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and the Nether Demonic Lotus Saint.
• Xiao Chen fell under the flame’s control, and Jiang Cheng suppressed its energy inside him temporarily.
• The freed Experts saw the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s true body, while Yao Wan Gui eyed it as a potential Heavenly Flame to claim.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame targeted Jiang Cheng, sealed the surrounding space, and unleashed Demonic Flame Refines Heaven.
• The flame spread across the area, erased the spatial passage, and imprisoned everyone in iron chains to refine them into Fire Slaves.

The Pill Tower Ancestor and Soul Demon Old Man arrived as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked the gathered experts and summoned its Fire Slaves. Jiang Cheng agreed to face the flame while the Yan, Yao, Lei, and Shi Clans fought the Fire Slaves, and the two opponents prepared to battle.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor and Soul Demon Old Man arrived and recognized the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The flame made those below Dou Saint explode and summoned more than ten Fire Slaves.
• Hun Miesheng urged Jiang Cheng to fight the flame, and Jiang Cheng broke free of its Iron Chains.
• Huo Yao and the elders of the Yao, Lei, and Shi Clans agreed to fight the Fire Slaves while Jiang Cheng faced the flame.
• Jiang Cheng told the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to surrender, but it refused and unleashed its power.

Jiang Cheng cornered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but the flame unleashed the Fire Slaves in a deadly mass self-destruction. As the survivors faced further danger, the Pill Tower Ancestor declared that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame could not be allowed to leave its prison.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked Jiang Cheng with a Fire Demon Halberd, then split into flames and hid in the magma after Jiang Cheng overwhelmed him.
• Hun Feng persuaded Hun Miesheng to hold back while the others dealt with the Fire Slaves, and Qingyun Fairy helped Old Monster Lin before returning to the fight.
• Jiang Cheng used his Heaven Realm Soul to locate the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, shattered its giant palm, and forced it to recognize that its situation was hopeless.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame ordered the remaining Fire Slaves to self-destruct, killing nearby experts and injuring others with the blasts.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame threatened to destroy everyone and escape, but the Pill Tower Ancestor said its violent nature made it too dangerous to leave its prison.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fought the Pill Tower Ancestor and injured him before Jiang Cheng intervened. The flame then summoned the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation to trap everyone, but Jiang Cheng revealed four Heavenly Flames to oppose it.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame denounced the Nether Demonic Lotus Saint and challenged the Pill Tower Ancestor to a fight.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor battled the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, trading blows and suffering injuries.
• Jiang Cheng destroyed the divine statue behind the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, enraging him.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation and trapped everyone inside the Heavenly Flame Space.
• Jiang Cheng summoned the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Green Lotus Core Flame as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame vowed to kill them all.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation and destroyed the escape passage, trapping the gathered experts. Jiang Cheng opened another way out and confronted the Flame, identifying himself as Jiang Cheng, the Academy Confucian Sage.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame poured its power into the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation and threatened to turn everyone into Fire Slaves.
• Soul Demon Old Man and the other experts tried to escape, but the Flame destroyed the spatial passage and trapped them.
• Jiang Cheng opened a new spatial passage, allowing Qingyun Fairy and the other experts to leave.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor offered to help Mister Confucian Sage break the formation, but Jiang Cheng told him to escape instead.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked the fleeing Pill Tower Ancestor and the passage, but Jiang Cheng stopped its attacks.
• Jiang Cheng faced the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and revealed that he was called the Academy Confucian Sage.

Jiang Cheng blocked the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s escape and called forth the Nether Demonic Lotus Saint, revealing the two’s bitter history. As the flame attacked and drove the others away, the Saint prepared to suppress it for the last time, with Jiang Cheng waiting nearby.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame tried to flee, but Jiang Cheng blocked its path and summoned the Nether Demonic Lotus Saint.
• The Nether Demonic Lotus Saint appeared, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame accused him of sealing it for thousands of years.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked the Saint with the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, but the Saint destroyed the formation and wounded it.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame poured its energy into the surrounding magma, so the Nether Demonic Lotus Saint warned the onlookers to escape.
• Jiang Cheng stayed beside the Nether Demonic Lotus Saint and urged him to decide quickly, while the Saint resolved to take back the wisdom and body he had given the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

The Nether Demonic Lotus Saint erased the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s intelligence and entrusted it to Jiang Cheng before disappearing. Jiang Cheng returned to the Jia Ma Empire and began devouring the flame, while Queen Medusa and Xiao Xiao watched from nearby.

• The Nether Demonic Lotus Saint used the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation to strip the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame of its memories and intelligence, restoring it to its lotus form.
• The Nether Demonic Lotus Saint handed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to Jiang Cheng and vanished as the space collapsed.
• Jiang Cheng and Qingyun Fairy escaped to the Central Continent’s borderlands, and Jiang Cheng decided to return to the Jia Ma Empire to devour the flame.
• Three days later, Jiang Cheng returned Qingyun Fairy to Peach Forest Mountain and began guiding the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame into the Flame Mantra in the Monster Mountain Range.
• Queen Medusa watched Jiang Cheng battle the flame’s surging power, and Xiao Xiao asked if he was her daddy.

Jiang Cheng emerged from an eight-month seclusion after successfully absorbing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and advancing the Flame Mantra to the Di Tier. He returned to Peach Forest Mountain, reunited with Xiao Xiao, and revealed his vast collection of treasures to his family.

• Jiang Cheng suppressed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with his other Heavenly Flames and spent eight months absorbing it.
• Jiang Cheng reached the Nine-Star Dou Saint realm, and the Flame Mantra advanced to the Di Tier.
• Jiang Cheng worried that his family was progressing too slowly and decided they needed to rely more on their own cultivation.
• Cai Lin and the others welcomed Jiang Cheng out of seclusion and told him he had been gone for eight months.
• Jiang Cheng returned to Peach Forest Mountain, where Xiao Xiao ran to him and said she had missed him.
• Jiang Cheng brought out countless treasures for his family, and Xiao Xiao chose a Heaven Tier rattle drum that tore through space when she shook it.

Jiang Cheng resolved to focus on raising his strength and preparing Cai Lin and the others before Hun Tiandi came for his Tou She Ancient God Jade. Meanwhile, Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to gather the remaining jade and sacrifice captured clansmen as he pursued his plan to reach the Dou Emperor realm.

• Jiang Cheng told Xiao Xiao he would give her anything she wanted, and Cai Lin asked whether he planned to stay or continue traveling.
• Jiang Cheng considered the limited time before Hun Tiandi pursued Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and decided to refine more pills for Cai Lin and the others.
• The Yan Clan, Gu Clan, Lei Clan, and Yao Clan formed an alliance after the Shi Clan and Ling Clan disappeared.
• Soul Demon Old Man reported that Jiang Cheng had likely devoured the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Hun Miesheng said Nihility Devouring Flame had gone to the Yao Clan for its Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Hun Tiandi struck Hun Miesheng for questioning his order to sacrifice captured clansmen, then warned the Soul Clan to obey and prepare the sacrifices.
• Hun Tiandi dismissed the allied clans as no threat and said Nihility Devouring Flame would soon bring the Yao Clan under the Soul Clan's control.

After the Soul Clan destroyed the Yao Clan, Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin met to discuss how to protect their clans and oppose Hun Tiandi. They agreed to approach Jiang Cheng, the powerful Academy Confucian Sage who possessed the Xiao Family's Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Gu Yuan chose his daughter to negotiate with him.

• Gu Yuan convened an emergency meeting with Lei Ying and Yan Jin after the Yao Clan was destroyed and Yao Dan died.
• Lei Ying urged the clans to attack Hun Tiandi, but Yan Jin warned that Hun Tiandi would not be swayed by threats against his clan.
• Gu Yuan promised to prepare defenses and support Lei Ying and Yan Jin if the Soul Clan threatened their clans.
• Elder Gu Nanhai reported that Jiang Cheng was a Nine-Star Dou Saint and might possess the Xiao Family's Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin agreed to make Jiang Cheng an ally, and Gu Yuan chose his daughter to negotiate with him.

After spending two months refining pills to strengthen his family, Jiang Cheng reunited with Xiao Xun Er, who told him the Yao Clan had fallen and invited him to join an alliance against Hun Tiandi. He left the invitation unanswered as Xiao Xun Er explained that the alliance wanted his full support.

• Jiang Cheng emerged from two months of refining Seventh-Grade and Eighth-Grade Pills, and Yun Yun cared for him and urged him to rest.
• Jiang Cheng told Yun Yun he would stay until she and the others advanced, then embraced her as she leaned toward him.
• Xiao Xun Er arrived and spoke privately with Jiang Cheng after Yun Yun left.
• Xiao Xun Er reported that the Yao Clan had been destroyed and Yao Dan had fallen, and Jiang Cheng said the clan's destruction could not be undone.
• Jiang Cheng asked whether Xiao Xun Er had come to request the Tou She Ancient God Jade fragment or invite him to join an alliance.
• Xiao Xun Er confirmed that her father wanted Jiang Cheng's full support against Hun Tiandi's growing forces.

Jiang Cheng refused to join Gu Yuan’s alliance but promised to personally deal with Hun Tiandi. After Xiao Xun Er left, Jiang Cheng found a badly injured Xiao Yan and learned from Yao Chen that they had been attacked in the Southeast Continent after taking a mysterious blood-red bead.

• Xiao Xun Er asked Jiang Cheng to ally with Gu Yuan against Hun Tiandi, but Jiang Cheng refused the alliance and promised to help defeat Hun Tiandi himself.
• Xiao Xun Er asked whether Jiang Cheng had seen Xiao Yan and said she had heard he was in the Southeast Continent, where a major battle had erupted.
• After Xiao Xun Er returned to the Central Continent, Jiang Cheng sensed Xiao Yan at Green Wave Lake and brought him back to Peach Forest Mountain for treatment.
• Jiang Cheng gave Xiao Yan a seventh-tier healing pill and discovered that the Storage Ring holding Yao Chen had cracked.
• Yao Chen appeared from the ring and explained that he and Xiao Yan had been besieged by the Southeast Continent’s Experts after Xiao Yan seized a blood-red bead.
• Jiang Cheng recognized that the bead contained energy that could disrupt people’s minds.

Jiang Cheng recognized the Bloodthirsty Bead as the cause of Xiao Yan’s obsession and learned that Yao Chen had only three days left to live. After Jiang Cheng woke Xiao Yan and revealed Yao Chen’s condition, Xiao Yan spent their remaining time grieving and apologizing to his Teacher.

• Jiang Cheng identified the bead as the Bloodthirsty Bead and determined that Yao Chen had at most three days left.
• Yao Chen asked Jiang Cheng to wake Xiao Yan so he could guide his disciple one last time.
• Xiao Yan woke and demanded the bead, but Jiang Cheng stopped him and pointed out his shattered Storage Ring and Yao Chen’s fading form.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan he was dying, and Jiang Cheng explained that he had spent his own life force to sustain Yao Chen for three days.
• Xiao Yan knelt and begged Jiang Cheng to save Yao Chen, then remained with his Teacher as Yao Chen comforted him and prepared to disappear.

Yao Chen vanished after entrusting Xiao Yan with the source of his Bone Spirit Cold Flame and asking him to find Wind Venerate. Grief-stricken and blaming himself, Xiao Yan set out for the Central Plains, while Jiang Cheng warned the others to cultivate for the coming war.

• Yao Chen gave Xiao Yan the source of his Bone Spirit Cold Flame, asked him to apologize to Wind Venerate, and dissipated; the sword in Xiao Yan's hand also vanished.
• Xiao Yan blamed his greed for Yao Chen's death and tried to wound himself, but Jiang Cheng stopped him.
• Xiao Yan crushed the Bloodthirsty Bead, was struck by its energy, and thanked Jiang Cheng before deciding to find Wind Venerate in the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan's hair turned white as he walked away, vowing to return to Wu Tan City and become a merchant after fulfilling Yao Chen's last wish.
• Jiang Cheng urged Xiao Yi Xian and the others to cultivate diligently for the coming world-shaking war.

Jiang Cheng, now a Nine-Star Dou Saint, faced Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame when they arrived in the Monster Mountain Range. Unable to secure the Tou She Ancient God Jade fragment by force, Hun Tiandi agreed to cooperate with Jiang Cheng to open the cave mansion and compete for what lay inside.

• After months of cultivation, Jiang Cheng reached the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Saint realm and recognized a strange Heaven and Earth Phenomenon near the Monster Mountain Range.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame confronted Jiang Cheng, and Hun Tiandi acknowledged him as a threat while demanding his Tou She Ancient God Jade fragment.
• Hun Tiandi offered Jiang Cheng a share of the cave mansion’s contents and a future position in the Soul Clan, but Jiang Cheng rejected the offer and exposed Hun Tiandi’s interest in the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.
• Realizing that a fight could be costly while he was still injured, Hun Tiandi proposed that they join forces to open the cave mansion.
• Jiang Cheng and Hun Tiandi agreed to cooperate and divide the cave mansion’s contents according to their own abilities.

Hun Tiandi reunited the eight pieces of the Tou She Ancient God Jade and learned the location of the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, then left Jiang Cheng holding the key. Knowing the cave mansion was in the Black Corner Region and that Zi Yan's father Zhu Kun was there, Jiang Cheng prepared to take her to find him.

• Hun Tiandi combined the eight jade fragments, summoning a remnant image of the Tou She Ancient God and revealing the cave mansion's location to Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Nihility Devouring Flame explored the remnant's eyes and saw a Magma World containing the cave mansion, so Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to search for it.
• Hun Tiandi gave the complete jade to Jiang Cheng, hoping it would make Gu Yuan and others target him, then departed with Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Jiang Cheng recognized Hun Tiandi's scheme and vanished, knowing the cave mansion was in the Black Corner Region near Jia Nan Academy.
• After returning to Peach Forest Mountain, Jiang Cheng told everyone he would take Zi Yan to find the cave mansion and help her reach her father, Zhu Kun.

Jiang Cheng returned to Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan and warned Mang Tianchi to evacuate the disciples within three days before he entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. He revealed that he had reached the Nine-Star Dou Saint peak, leaving Mang Tianchi astonished at his rapid progress.

• Jiang Cheng and Zi Yan reached Jia Nan Academy while it was holding an admissions event overseen by First Elder Su Qian.
• Jiang Cheng greeted First Elder Su Qian and called Mang Tianchi out of hiding.
• Jiang Cheng told Mang Tianchi that the academy's disciples had to leave within three days and said he planned to enter the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Mang Tianchi brought Jiang Cheng and Zi Yan to the back mountain, then agreed to have First Elder Su Qian arrange the evacuation.
• Jiang Cheng told Mang Tianchi that he had reached the Nine-Star Dou Saint peak, shocking him.

Jiang Cheng and Zi Yan descended beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower toward Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, where they encountered the Fire Lizardmen. The Fire Lizardmen warned them about a Guardian, but let them pass, and Zi Yan continued toward the possibility of finding her father.

• Jiang Cheng took Zi Yan into the magma sea beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and protected her from the rising heat.
• Dozens of Fire Lizardmen approached, but recognized Jiang Cheng from his previous attack and feared him.
• Two Ban Sheng Realm Fire Lizardmen warned Jiang Cheng and Zi Yan that a Guardian would destroy intruders, then made way for them.
• The Fire Lizardmen chieftains told their tribe not to interfere with humans entering the area.
• Jiang Cheng explained the Fire Lizardmen to Zi Yan and reassured her as she grew excited about seeing her father.

Jiang Cheng and Zi Yan reached the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, where they encountered its guardian, Zhu Kun, the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's Old Dragon Emperor. Zhu Kun recognized Zi Yan as his daughter, but she rejected him despite being moved to tears.

• Jiang Cheng led Zi Yan through the Space Wormhole into his Small World and approached the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Zhu Kun awakened and demanded to know whether Jiang Cheng possessed the Ancient Jade; Jiang Cheng showed him the complete Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Zhu Kun sensed Zi Yan's scent on Jiang Cheng, transformed into human form, and asked where his child was.
• Jiang Cheng brought Zi Yan out, and Zhu Kun joyfully recognized her as his daughter.
• Zi Yan coldly told Zhu Kun that she had no parents, though tears welled in her eyes as she recalled longing for her family.

Jiang Cheng helped Zi Yan reunite with Zhu Kun, then opened Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion with the Tou She Ancient God Jade. The cave’s aura spread across the continent, drawing Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and other powerful figures toward the Northwest Continent to compete for the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.

• Zi Yan forgave Zhu Kun after he apologized, and she urged him to give Jiang Cheng his treasures in gratitude for caring for her.
• Zhu Kun handed Jiang Cheng his Storage Ring, then explained that the Tou She Ancient God Jade could open the Stone Gate.
• Jiang Cheng merged the Tou She Ancient God Jade into the gate, and the Stone Gate opened amid a vast ancient aura.
• Nihility Devouring Flame recognized the cave’s opening aura and blamed Hun Tiandi for giving Jiang Cheng the jade.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame set off for the Northwest Continent to stop Jiang Cheng from obtaining the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.
• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin also rushed toward the Northwest Continent, while Gu Yuan told Xiao Xun Er to delay Jiang Cheng if he returned.